1st Edition
Firm Internationalization Intangible Resources and Development
Introduction
Sophie Nivoix and Christian Marcon
Part 1: Network resources for internationalization
1. The choice of entry modality—an approach based on the concept of proximity
Romain Weigel
2. Local practice of a business network for a foreign investor: the case of an Algerian business network
Nawal Daffeur and Christian Marcon
3. Valorization of the expertise of an Agricultural Technical Institute on the international stage: opportunities and managerial innovation
Anne Rollet
4. Crowdfunding potential: a two-country study of awareness and intention toward crowdfunding
Yousra Abdelwahed, Hanane Elzeiny and Johannes Schaaper
5. Acculturation inside partnerships in the Russian car industry
Vincent Montenero and Philippe Very
Part 2: The mobilization of cultural resources internationally
6. Digital serious games for training and research on soft skills in international management
Hamza Asshidi, Anne Bartel-Radic and Danielle Taylor
7. Proficiency in the International Language of Management as a discursive identity resource
Josiane Martin-O'Brien
8. Managing cultural integration in a Franco-German acquisition
Ulrike Mayrhofer and Silvia Didier
9. Cultural diversity and social innovation in non-profit organizations
Hana Abdo
Part 3: The resources of SMEs in emerging countries facing the international market
10. The internationalization of SMEs in a transition economy
Issam Mejri and Philippe Very
11. Anticipation capacity of SMEs and transgenerational entrepreneurship: the case of family SMEs in Alexandria
Alaa Gamie and Fabrice Roubelat
12. Fair trade certification between the international and territorial: management or creation of paradoxes? The case of women's argan oil cooperatives in Morocco
Lahcen Benbihi and Anne Marchais-Roubelat
Conclusion
Sophie Nivoix and Christian Marcon
Biography
Sophie Nivoix is Professor of Management Sciences at the University of Poitiers, France, and a member of the CEREGE laboratory. She has been treasurer of Atlas-AFMI (Association Francophone de Management International) since 2008 and was responsible for the Master’s degree in Law and Marketing at the Faculty of Law and Social Sciences at Poitiers from 2004 to 2020.
Christian Marcon is Professor of Information and Communication Sciences at the Institute of Business Administration (IAE) of the University of Poitiers, France, and a member of the CEREGE laboratory, where he leads the International Strategic Intelligence axis. He is in charge of the Master’s in Economic Intelligence at Poitiers. His work mainly focuses on the strategies of actors organized in networks and, in particular, is directly related to the fi eld of economic intelligence.
